Enterprise child stabbed in neck; blood-covered suspect in custody

ENTERPRISE, Alabama -- Enterprise authorities have confirmed that a local 10-year-old girl was air lifted to Children's Hospital in Birmingham after being stabbed repeatedly in the neck earlier this morning.

According to police, local DHR saw a man covered in blood leaving the Warren Road residence where the girl had been stabbed moments before. They were at the house to investigate reports about a potential child abuse case.

Police arrested the man, 44-year-old Henry Louis Thompkins, who police say was not related but lives with the girl. He was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder.

The girl was in critical condition before she boarded the chopper en route to the hospital.

Due to the nature of the case, police are not releasing any other information at this time.